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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Never Miss a Workout - Weekly Wrap

It was one of those weeks when daily life commitments clashed with the workout schedule. With a little pre-planning, I was able to rearrange my workouts. I'm pretty excited to be able to say that for the past five weeks of following my carb cycling program, I have never missed a workout.

Interval Training
On Monday I did a new elliptical sprint workout. I still used a 1:2 ratio, but did 30 seconds sprint to 1 minute recovery instead of 20:40 like I had been doing. That extra 10 seconds of work definitely maxed out my muscles. After 10 sprints, I did a 15 minute cool down on the elliptical and then a plank circuit. Tuesday's HIIT in the park turned out to be my favorite ---> because it almost beat me but I pushed through and finished 7 rounds of 7 reps of 7 different exercises.

Strength Training
I had to move some of my training days around this week, but I still got everything done. Thursday I needed to do my workout at home, but the leg day home version was just as tough even though most of it was bodyweight exercises. Drop sets on Wednesday and Sunday were fun. Each week feels like I'm getting better at using the right weights and I like that I can push myself to go heavy for one set then drop to lighter for the remaining sets. Using heavier weights is hurting my hands though, so I'm thinking about getting a pair of training gloves ---> something like these from Nike on Amazon, but I don't know if they're what I need or not.

Active Rest Days
Friday and Saturday I did Yoga with Adriene videos - Go With The Flow and Total Body Yoga. The change of workout days worked in my favor as my legs were really sore from Thursday's leg day. Two days of yoga felt good.

I go to a HIIT/KB-focused gym and some wear gloves but most don't. I used to lift heavy weights and never used gloves (the guys would have laughed at me :-) ) so I didn't even think about using them when I joined my current gym. I do have some dandy callouses. But honestly, I like to feel the weights so I don't think gloves are for me.

Great job rearranging your workouts. I don't do weights (I know, I should!). But, I will not water ski without padded gloves. My hands are still so callused. I wear them for grip more than anything. I also will not cycle without gloves - funny how changing gears will rub a blister!. You'll probably have to try a pair to see if you like the "feel" better. Thanks for linking!

I am always impressed with how much you do in a week, even on your rest days. Its funny that you ask about gloves because my sister and I were just talking about that. I of course don't wear them because I don't lift but she does.

Our daughter uses gloves when she's doing weights...I've never used them, though. It probably depends on the texture (?) of the bar or "handle" (is that what it's called?). You had an active week, as always ;-)

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Hi! I’m Amy, a fitness blogger and Certified FASTer Way to Fat Loss® coach living in Hong Kong. I used to run, but then I had knee surgery. Now I'm running through life one fitness adventure at a time! Follow me on my adventures in fitness, nutrition and anything else that sounds fun!